Acts 24:24

"After some days, Felix came with Drusilla his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus."

Key Reflection

In Acts 24:24, after an unspecified period, Felix, the Roman governor of Judea, accompanied by his wife Drusilla (who was a Jewess), summoned Paul for an audience. This visit underscores the strategic and public nature of their meeting, as Drusilla's presence, though rare for a Jewish woman in such settings, likely added gravitas to the discussion. The context reveals that Felix was interested in hearing about Christian faith from Paul, potentially seeking to understand or perhaps even judge the emerging movement more comprehensively.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 24. Felix came with his wife Drusilla. Drusilla was the daughter of Herod Agrippa the elder, and was engaged to be married to Epiphanes, the son of king Antiochus, on condition that he would embrace the Jewish religion; but as he afterwards refused to do that, the contract was broken off. Afterwards she was given in marriage, by her brother Agrippa the younger, to Azizus king of Emesa, upon his consent to be circumcised. When Felix was governor of Judea, he saw Drusilla, and fell in love with her, and sent to her Simon, one of his friends, a Jew, by birth a Cyprian, who pretended to be a magician, to endeavour to persuade her to forsake her husband, and to marry Felix.

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